CVE-2020-19465 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 21 Jul 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a Denial of Service in PDF2JSON via an invalid read in the ObjectStream::getObject function.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-19465?

CVE-2020-19465 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue has been found in function ObjectStream::getObject in PDF2JSON 0.70 that allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service due to an invalid read of size 4 .

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-19465?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Flowpaper Pdf2json.

How do I fix CVE-2020-19465?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-19465 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-19465 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-19465 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gh7m-vw43-q768.